Addressing Parents of Autistic children's life challenges with mixed-reality model design

Xiao, Yiqi

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Title

Addressing Parents of Autistic children's life challenges with mixed-reality model design

Author(s)

Xiao, Yiqi

Contributor(s)

Wehmeier, Colter (Mix reality tech support)

Issue Date

2023

Keyword(s)

Design for Responsible Innovation

Abstract

I found my design interest in non-design practice: being an RBT (Registered Behavior Technician) who delivers behavior analysis services to Autistic children in their homes and the clinic. I started my research by designing learning tools for Autistic children, aiming to help them gain essential life skills and eliminate undesirable behaviors. However, after researching the family of Autistic children, I have changed my view from a traditional medical model of disability to a social model of disability. I realized that, instead of trying to “normalize” the children that might cause potential harm, we need to provide more support to the parents/primary caregivers, give them more social support, reduce their life burden, and allow them to take better care of children.This ongoing mixed-reality model design project depicts the home environment of a child with autism. I will utilize AR technology to visualize the main stressors of parents of an Autistic child compared to parents of a typical-developing child, as well as the different challenges that dad and mom meet, drawing attention to parents’ life situations from the public.

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Language

eng

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/132938

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Copyright 2023 Yiqi Xiao

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